Audience
This certification is relevant for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the principles, rationale and techniques of the Business Architecture discipline, including business architects, business analysts, project managers, business change managers and business managers.
Prerequisites
There are no pre-requisites for entry to the examination.
Duration
3 Days.
Course Objectives
The examination leading to the BCS Professional Certificate in Business Architecture has the following assessment objectives.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate that they can:
- Define the term ‘business architecture’ and explain the objectives for business architecture
- Describe the relationship between business architecture and the data, applications and infrastructure architectures
- Explain the roles involved in business architecture
- Define the key artefacts of a business architecture
- Explain the frameworks for business architecture (as defined in the syllabus)
- Distinguish between the terms capability, competency and capacity
- Describe the components of the OMG motivation model Describe an organisation map
- Demonstrate the application of the business model canvas
- Distinguish between the three strata for capability definition
- Explain and apply the capability map technique and business capabilities
- Explain and apply value stream analysis and value network analysis
- Demonstrate the application of RACI analysis
- Describe and apply the cultural web
- Define the elements of an information concepts model
- Develop an information concepts model for a given scenario
- Explain and illustrate the relationships between the key artefacts of a business architecture
- Describe the use of business architecture in assessing the impact of and enabling business changes
Course Content
1. The Business Architecture Domain
The rationale for business architecture: definition and objectives for business architecture
Architecture principles
Relationship of business architecture with the data, applications and infrastructure architectures
Roles in business architecture -
- Business Architect
- Programme Manager
- Business Analyst
- Business Change Manager
- Solution Architect
- Subject Matter Expert
- External Supplier
2. Business Architecture frameworks
Artefacts of a business architecture: capability map; value stream; organisation map; information concepts
model; value network
Business architecture views: organisation; capability; value/process; information; people
Frameworks
- Zachman: Contextual and conceptual rows
- TOGAF 9.2: ADM & Content Framework by ADM phases
- Business Architecture Guild: Aspects of the business represented by business architecture
- AssistKD POPIT model
3. Business Motivation/Organisation view
Rationale for business motivation view
OMG business motivation model
Business model canvas
Organisation map: business units; functions -
- Business Architect
- Programme Manager
Business Analyst
- Business Change Manager
- Solution Architect
- Subject Matter Expert
- External Supplier
4. Capability View
Business capability modelling. Three strata of a business capability model:
- Strategic
- Core/customer facing;
- Support
Levels of capability
- Level 1: Foundation
- Level 2: Capability groups
- Level 3: Business capabilities
Defining capabilities: SUAVE
Business capability, competency and capacity
5. Value/Process View
- Business services and value propositions Value chain analysis
- Value stream analysis
- Value network analysis
- Relationships between capabilities, value streams and processes
6. People View
RACI analysis
Functional, divisional and matrix organisation structures
Business culture analysis -
- The cultural web
- Organisational culture
- National culture
7. Information View
Meta data, data and information
Information concepts modelling
Relationships between information concepts and capabilities and value streams
8. Business architecture and business change
BCS Business Change Lifecycle
Use of the business architecture to evaluate and enable change initiatives Organisational memory:
acquisition, retention and retrieval